Genetics of asthma and inflammation: The status

Current Opinion in Immunology

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 606-609

  Moffatt, Miriam F ^a   Cookson, William Ocm ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ASTHMA; ECZEMA; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; MEDICAL GENETICS; PATHOGENESIS; PREVALENCE; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0032734009     PISSN: 09527915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0952-7915(99)00024-2     Document Type: Review

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